Actually the Asiatic/Cheetah and African Cheetah are believed to be the same population, not very different genetically. Cheetahs were found in India till 1948, when the last three were shot in Bastar. Cheetah pelts have been observed to be on sale in some informal and black markets in Balochistan and it is believed that remote regions of the Balochistan may have some isolated Cheetah population.
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You don't find Panda in Meghalaya. AP is one of their habitat in NE.
In Sri Lanka, Sloth bear is one of the deadliest threats to humans who live by the jungles. One of the prime reasons is that the Sloth bear used to attack humans from behind. One of the most famous Sinhalese demon is said to have a reversed bear head.A sloth bear named Buddhu a lived for a few years at Juli Kisan's home in Lakhapada, Odisha. The young bear was born wild, probably orphaned & one day wandered into the village following a herd of goats.
He never left & had lived with the family ever since.
He was rescued for rehabilitation from the family by wildlife officials in August, 2012...
Sloth Bear are little bigger in India (elephants in SL) and are more threat to humans ... generally they attack humans from front and start eating face alive as they don't know 'how to kill' like big-cats.In Sri Lanka, Sloth bear is one of the deadliest threats to humans who live by the jungles. One of the prime reasons is that the Sloth bear used to attack humans from behind. One of the most famous Sinhalese demon is said to have a reversed bear head.
Ironically its local name is Roop-Chanda :biggrin2:@aditya10r @James-bond @mayfair @Chinmoy @Project Dharma @Bleh @Haldiram
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Mangled face is the trade mark of the Bear attack. I have also seen many people who bears the marks. It is pretty sad to see them like that. Anyhow, what I have heard is that the bear attack from the rear initially. It is said that most ferocious is the female bear.Sloth Bear are little bigger in India (elephants in SL) and are more threat to humans ... generally they attack humans from front and start eating face alive as they don't know 'how to kill' like big-cats.
Many videos and pics are there but they are gory, so don't want to post here.Luckily majority attacks on humans are not documented in India(bureaucracy and state compensate them) and because animals considered as sacred people don't make much noise.
Any female with cubs is dangerous.
Generally bears are omnivorous means they eat insects,fruits and scavenge cat-kills etc ..... cats prefer from rear as they are hunters but bears don't know how to hunt or kill... they accidentally maul humans and they found only soft-thing in human body is face,they start eating it.
Garo Hills (Nokrek NP), Meghalaya. You can find them there.
Not really. It had once, but whatever is remaining there are not native to it. There had been an attempt to undertake a captive breeding of them, but so far it has not fructified.
